They need… us?

That night was typical for New England. The night was cloudy, wet, tiring. I was ready to fall over from boredom. School dances typically had that effect on me. Half the time, I never even wanted to go, I would just get convinced by my friends. How they managed to pull that card on me all the time I'll never know, but to be fair they always had good intentions. This dance was typical of a high-school: loud music, assorted snacks, people hooking up in the corners, strobe lights, and (of course) that guy with no shirt on (we all know that guy). My friends and I didn't do too much, just dance for an hour or so and then leave to hang out as we normally did. Slowly our friends trickled off to their separate dorms until only a few of us were left.

"Welp, it's 5 minutes to dorm check in. You guys coming?" Alex stood up, stretching.

Jason shook his head. "We got permission to go to the campgrounds tonight and we're gonna go stargazing and shit. We're probably gonna spend the night there, if you wanna come later."

Alex debated this internally for a second. After a moment though, he shook his head and started walking back, "I'll pass tonight, it's too cold. Have fun!" We bid each other goodnight and the last of us remained: Jason, Maya, and I.

"Well," Jason said cheerfully, "Shall we start heading through the sketchy-ass woods to get to our campsite?" Maya picked up the telescope, Jason grabbed the food, and I hitched the pack carrying the tent on my back. We headed out towards the path leading to our school's 800 acres of woods.

"You know," I said eventually "I'm actually kinda glad I'm here tonight" Maya glanced over at me.

"You think we'd let you go home and play League all night? You're never here for dances. Nerd."

"But… I hate dances"

"Oh shut up! You had fun, right?"

I shrugged. Really this was the only part of the night what I was looking forward to. The clouds were supposed to clear around one o'clock and there were no other lights than the moon and stars when we were this far from campus. That brought up another question though. "What were we going to do until one o'clock?" I asked. Maya shrugged,

"I brought your 3DS, so that gives us Kirby, Pokémon X, and Fire Emblem."

"Jason still hasn't played Awakening" I said, rather pointedly at Jason. We looked at him with questioning expressions. He groaned.

"I don't see how you can be mad at me for not playing it when Maya practically stole your DS, dude." He said. I glanced at Maya, who shrugged.

"Guilty" she said. We laughed lightly and kept on our path. We soon found our campsite and put our stuff down. From this hill, you could see everything around campus. I could see the chapel extending above the trees, and the faint glow of campus lights. I looked at the mountains, seeing farmlands and peaks against the night sky. I lay out on the grass and sighed. Maybe it was a good idea to stay tonight. I never should have though. The whole night had this feel to it. I felt like it was really important that I be there. Looking up at the sky, the clouds still blocked the moon and the stars, but they shinned so bright that we could see.

Maya was busy starting a fire and Jason was getting out the marshmallows when I proposed an idea to pass the time, something we could all do, "You guys want to sing? I feel like singing." Maya and Jason looked at each other and then back to me. You need to understand, we all do theater: plays, musicals and the like. We all could sing, and not to brag, but we were good. In fact a few nights before the dance we sang a quartet a capella with Alex for the school's performance night. We got a standing ovation.

"What do you propose?" Jason asked. "Maybe the C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G so-"

"No!" Maya and I cut him off in unison.

"Well," I said "why don't we just sing Jersey Boys or something?" Maya put her hand to her forehead "Oh god no please." I laughed. "Alright alright, why don't we sing… Go the Distance?" We had only practiced it a few times, but it should sound alright without Alex… probably.

We sat at the fire and started cooking marshmallows as we pitched ourselves and prepared to sing. I breathed in. The air was crisp; the smell of the wood burning filled my nostrils and gave me a nice feeling. I always loved the smell. We began to sing, Maya taking Tenor, Jason taking Bass, and I took Lead. It did sound a bit weird without our Baritone, but we still sounded really nice.

I have often dreamed, of a far off place

Where a great warm welcome will be waiting for me.

We looked back and forth at each other as we sang, smiling, rising in volume.

Where the crowds will cheer, when they see my face

And the voice keeps saying this is where I'm meant to be

It truly was a nice night. We raised the volume to as loud as we could and let the air fill our stomachs as we delivered the next lines full force:

I will find my way, I can go the distance

I'll be there someday, if I can be strong.

I know every mile will be worth my while

When I go the distance, I'll be right where I belong.

We continued to sing all the songs in our repertoire, and by the time we finished the last one, the sky had cleared. We took turns looking through the telescope. It truly was a beautiful night. I shouldn't have stayed though. Jason was taking his turn at the telescope, and as he turned to tell me something his expression became slack-jawed.

"Did I get that ugly in the last 5 minutes?" I asked, jokingly. His face didn't change. Maya looked at him, looked at me, and total shock covered her face. Something was certainly off. I turned around. Light was gathering into one spot, eventually converging into something that looked vaguely human. The light dimmed, and in it, I saw a woman. Her hair was a shocking green, and she wore a white dress. On the ground where she was standing, flowers were growing out of the ground, and the symbol of Fire Emblem Awakening (you know what it was called… Mark of the Exalt?) was shinning around her feet. … Naga?

"I have been looking for you for a long time now, Angels of Music" she said, speaking into our minds. Now, as FREAKING AWESOME as it was to be called an Angel of Music by something that was obviously not of this world, I was already not on board with what "Naga" was going to say to us. I looked behind me at my friends. Maya was as surprised as me, probably recognizing Naga from the game, and Jason was just dumbfounded. Naga continued: "You are aware of a certain game from this world correct?" I could only assume she meant Awakening. None of us were able to speak still so she continued. "I assure you that that world is very real. Something is wrong though, the course that the world is supposed to take took a horribly wrong turn, and almost ended. I'm using some of the last of my power to come to you with a proposition." Naga's image flickered. I finally worked up a single word, "…What?"

Naga continued, "That world needs you three. I have determined that what went wrong in that world can be stopped by your presence. I am not sure how, however." Naga looked at us sadly. She was beautiful in a strange, goddess-like sort of way. I swallowed, steeled myself, and spoke,

"So… you want to bring us into the world of Awakening."

Jason spoke up behind me, "I don't think you are making the right decision here. It's a game about a war right? We aren't soldiers. We're…" Jason swallowed his pride for a moment "Well, we're nerds. Scrawny, non-athletic, do the play instead of sports. Nerds!"

"I'm athletic!" Maya said angrily at Jason

"I'm not scrawny." I said with a scowl. Jason raised his hands defensively,

"Well, I guess, but what about experience? And even if you aren't scrawny, none of us are a shining example of a jock, MUCH less a fighter." He had us there.

Naga giggled. "I can fix things like that. I'm afraid that… I'm almost out of time to talk to you. This world needs you more than you could ever comprehend." She looked at us with sad eyes. "I implore you to accept. If you do not, the world shall be lost." I looked back at my two friends. Maya seemed… ready, almost. As if she was expecting this to happen all along. Jason looked between us. He wasn't physically strong, or even just big, and he wouldn't have an easy time in a war, regardless of knowledge. At the same time though, Jason cared deeply for anyone with any sort of problem, as did Maya, and as did I. We came to a silent agreement. They stepped forward on either side of me and together, we faced Naga. Maya spoke up for us, "Go ahead Naga. T-take us to where you need us."

Naga smiled. "I'm going to take you back to where the Exalt finds the son of Grima. At that time, there was no outside interference. I wish you luck."

A/N

(Matt) : AUGH its cheesy, I know, I'm sorry, I couldn't think of a better way to introduce us into the world. Just a couple quick notes on this series: It's a co-written piece between the three of us, and everyone will be writing their own chapters from their perspective. Whether or not we are the only three brought to the world or not is TBD, but the three of us wanted to start this because… well because we are nerds who really enjoy the universe of Fire Emblem Awakening. Anyway, we don't own any of the characters of Fire Emblem or the story of Fire Emblem OR the song used in this chapter: "Go the Distance". We just wanted to have some fun writing this, and we want to give you guys something to enjoy reading! That being said, PLEASE feel free to give us feedback, even if it is to say "you guys suuuuck" because we want to become better writers through this as well. SO anyway, we hope you guys enjoy and we will see you soon with the First official chapter! (woo) ~ Jason, Maya, and Matt 3

(Note from Jason: Yup, our school does actually have campgrounds and telescopes and 800 acres. Also yeah this chapter I just did some editing on Matt's stuff. Also I haven't played as of the time of writing this, but thanks to Matt and Maya being meaniejerkheads I have been pretty much spoiled. 3 ily all u readers)

Note from the wonderful Maya: I'm just here to tell them whether or not what they write completely sucks, which it does. Apparently I'm a dick for saying this but you need someone to tell you the truth sometimes. I'm not as much of a total nerd as these two dweebs so I'll be adding some outside perspective. Don't hate me cuz I'm beautiful ~ Maya

(She says that, but she wanted to be in this as much as Jason or I 3 ~Matt)